Engineering Manager, Microservices Platform

Description

▼Our Mission

Mercari is in the process of strengthening our engineering organization as part of our efforts to become a world-class tech company. In order to achieve our goal of creating an outstanding team of 1,000 engineers over the next 3 years, we are placing a heavy emphasis on hiring and training new members while also creating an environment that allows engineers to work to the best of their ability. We believe that experienced engineering managers are essential to achieve this. With a strong team of engineering managers and engineers, we aim to become a tech company that can solve society’s problems using technology and work towards Mercari’s mission of creating value in a global marketplace where anyone can buy and sell.

The path to creating a leading global marketplace is not without challenges. In order to create new and innovative solutions, all members must take advantage of their unique skill sets and have a sense of responsibility and ownership for their work. We are looking for new members to join us in achieving this goal under our three values—Go Bold, All for One, and Be Professional.

▼3つのバリュー(Go Bold, All for One, Be Professional)

我々は世界的なマーケットプレイスを創るために集まっています。しかし、この目標への道のりは決して平坦ではありません。まだ誰も挑戦したことのないようなイノベーションや破壊的な創造を起こすため、我々は各自がオーナーシップを持ち、専門的能力を発揮することで、メルカリというチームとして最高のプロダクトを創ります。このことを達成するために我々は3つのバリュー(Go Bold, All for One, Be Professional) という全社員が共有する行動指針のもと行動しています。

▼Job Description

We are looking for someone who can commit to the goal of maximizing the engineering team’s output.

This position in particular is a management role with the main purpose of increasing the Microservices Platform team’s output as much as possible.

This team uses Kubernetes to create microservice platforms for Mercari and its subsidiaries, such as Souzoh and Merpay. Your main role as an engineering manager will involve developing tools and services that will increase the development speed for Kubernetes Cluster Admin and microservices.

As a Microservices Platform engineering manager, you must work with the team to propose and implement measures to support team members, nurture their professional growth, and expand the team as a whole. In doing so you will ensure that the Microservices Platform team functions effectively across Mercari as a whole and contributes towards maximizing the output of the company. Our team’s roles also include developing and operating highly reliable microservices while keeping scalability in mind.

［Details］

Creating and promoting measures to help drive the transition to microservices:

Developing and promoting a long-term vision and roadmap for the transition to microservices